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Guinea-Bissau miss WAFU Zone A U20 tournament for lack of funds

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Valdumar Tchongo, head of the Valusa Football Academy, says it is shameful that Guinea-Bissau’s men’s U20 team is absent from the WAFU Zone A tournament in Mali because of a lack of funding. He is calling on the government to dismiss the leadership of the Guinea-Bissau Football Federation and says it could have secured assistance from CAF and FIFA, according to the Guinea News Agency.

The Guinea-Bissau U20 national team is not taking part in the WAFU Zone A men’s tournament, being held in Mali from 15 to 30 October, because of a lack of funding. Valdumar Tchongo, head of the Valusa Football Academy, called the absence “shameful”, according to the Guinea News Agency (ANG).

Valdumar Tchongo called on the government to take responsibility and dismiss the leadership of the Guinea-Bissau Football Federation (FFGB), which he accuses of failing to provide positive responses to the mission entrusted to it. The tournament of the West African Football Union, Zone A, is taking place in Mali.

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